Catawiki B. V.: Literature and Illustrated Books Auction, 30626a, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 06, 2026 - March 06, 2026
Page Size: 26 items in 2 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101236065 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra / Henry Lemarie

Don Quixote

1978 EUR 1,100.00 - 1,400.00 Not Sold
101337995 Franz Kafka

Ein Hungerkunstler

1924 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 5,450.00
101361570 Signed, Andrea Camilleri

L'Avvertimento

2000 Not Available EUR 76.30
101371143 Edmund Dulac

Prinzessin Badura. Ein Marchen aus den Arabischen Nachten mit 10 Bildern von Edmund Dulac

1920 EUR 650.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
101372120 Dante Alighieri

Divina Commedia di Imola. L'Inferno del Duca Visconti - conservato alla Biblioteca Comunale di Imola

2020 EUR 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 EUR 937.40
101438904 Gottfried Benn

Diesterweg

1918 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
101447360 Demosthene & Richard Mounteney

Demosthenis Selectae Orationes

1731 Not Available EUR 59.95
101452977 Else Lasker-Schuler / Franz Marc (illustrations)

Der Prinz von Theben

1914 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
101457349 J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. The Two Towers. The Return of

1962/1961 EUR 3,600.00 - 4,400.00 Not Sold
101462602 Gabriello Chiabrera (1552-1638)

Delle opere di Gabbriello Chiabrera

1757 EUR 2,700.00 - 3,300.00 Not Sold
101473937 Marcel Proust; Karel Teige

Hledani ztraceneho casu. In Search of Lost Time (First Czech edition)

1930/1927 EUR 1,300.00 - 1,600.00 Not Sold
101487229 Friedrich de la Motte Fouque / Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Undine [Limited Signed Edition No 188/1000]

1909 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 Not Sold
101525901 Marcus Tullius Cicero

Opera. Recensuit J. N. Lallemand

1768 EUR 2,600.00 - 3,100.00 Not Sold
101556123 Paul Paun

Butelia de Leyda

1935/1945 EUR 1,400.00 - 1,700.00 Not Sold
101567526 Signed, Ernest Hemingway

Men Without Women [UK 1st edition]

1928 EUR 5,900.00 - 7,200.00 Not Sold
101572062 .

Kupferstich-Sammlung aus Taschenbuchern (57 copperplates)

1800/1830 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 EUR 61.04
101577578 Accio Plauto

Le commedie di M. Accio Plauto

1783/1784 EUR 550.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
101590500 Signed, Sir Rabindranath Tagore

The Wreck - Bernhard Tauchnitz (1st Edition)

1921 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 436.00
101610381 Franz Kafka

Ein Landarzt. Kleine Erzahlungen

1919 EUR 850.00 - 1,000.00 EUR 349.89
101618380 Charles Dickens

Bleak House (first UK edition with all first issue textual errors)

1853 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 189.66
101623117 Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Sensitive Plant [with dust jacket and box]

1911 EUR 450.00 - 550.00 EUR 167.86
101625758 Antoine Galland

Die Tausend und Eine Nacht

1765 EUR 180.00 - 220.00 Not Sold
101628848 Signed, Yannis Ritsos

Diadromos kai Skala / Corridor and Staircase - First Edition - Kedros

1973 EUR 375.00 - 450.00 EUR 109.00
101629957 Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire -- Gedichte in Vers und Prosa (1902)

1920 EUR 225.00 - 275.00 Not Sold
101636769 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sonnets from the Portuguese in Giulio Giannini Fine Binding

1929 EUR 275.00 - 350.00 EUR 92.65
  • Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604
    Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935
  • June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.
    Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.
    June 25, 2026
    Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000.
  • Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500
    Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950
  • Sotheby's Book Week
    2 June - 9 July
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000.